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Sing-along Café 2024-12-12

We had our St. Nicholas evening last night, a week late because of the bad weather last week. I brought a festive plate of traditional treats (Bunter Teller) and some Stollen (German christmas fruit cake) and shared stories of how we celebrated Nikolaustag when I was little and then with my kids. We wondered about how St. Nick, Santa Claus, Kris Kringle and St. Nikolaus are all related. 

We sang and listened to a variety of different genres of Santa songs by different artists. Sometimes sampling just a little bit of a version was enough (Little Michael Jackson is annoying, for example). We listened to a few German Christmas songs, and a couple French ones as well. It was a lovely evening in lovely company, as always. 

Here is a sample of what we sang and listened to:

  • Here Comes Santa Claus by Gene Autry 
  • Jolly Old St. Nicholas by the Oxford St. Peter's Choir and by Alex Deleon
  • Santa Baby by Michael Bublé and by the Good Lovelies
  • Santa Claus is Coming to Town by the Jackson 5 and by Justin Bieber and by Dolly Parton
  • Cool Yule by Matt Dusk and by Louis Armstrong
  • Up on the Housetop by Gene Autry and by George Strait
  • Little Saint Nick by the Beach Boys
  • Father Christmas by the Kinks
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Burl Ives
  • Run Run Rudolph by Chuck Berry and by Luke Bryan
  • Must Be Santa by Bob Dylan and by Bryan Adams
  • Quand le Pere Noel vient me visiter by Suzanne Pinel
  • Lasst uns froh und munter sein by Heintje Simons
We will not be meeting again on Thursday evenings until after the holidays, sometime in January, so please keep singing along whenever you can- at home, at parties, grocery shopping, at the mall (if you dare), and just hum if you don't remember the words. Humming is very good for you. Here's an article about humming health, called Is Humming the New Walking?

This Sunday, you can come and watch the Community Christmas Pageant Play at Trinity in the morning, as part of the Sunday service, or in the evening at 7:00. In the evening, there will be a candlelight carol sing after the play. Lots of singing in our beautiful church with candles lighting up the sanctuary. 









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